Morning journal and courier., 1887-12-05
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

Fancy boxes OF paper az Oormans.
The colored citizens Union league will
meet in Masonic Hall this evening.
Something fne-Prof. Hibbard's readings
at Trinity NJ E. church tonight. Come and
see.
The "Matchless'' Ives & Pond pianos. For
particulars address L. Barker & Co., Hartford,
Conn.
A meeting of the board of directors of the
Knights of Columbus will be held to day in
this city.
Various lengthy communications de old
State House question are crowded out of this
mornings paper.
At ST. Paul's church to-day Erwin a. Bar
bour of the Peabody museum and Miss Mar
garet Lampson will be married.
Ward Nichols, treasurer of the Railroad
Conductors Benefit association, Saturday
paid 81 ,245 to the widow of Conductor E. P.
Jones.
The annual reception by the Governors
Foot Guard of Hartford to Governor Louns-
bury will be on the first Wednesday evening
in January.
The monthly meeting of the managers OF
1Ao hnAACS O0nAoA5 HEACAO oOCACIy WILL Hc
held this afternoon at O'Clock at Center
church chapel.
A tame fox was captured by citizen in the
vicinity of Humphrey street Saturday. The
animal had a collar on and had probably es-
capped from its owner.
An attractive concert will be given at
Hope chapel, Nash street, next Wednesday
kba 1f
union of the First Baptist church.
The annual ball of the Knights of St. Pat
rick will be given at the Hyperion Tneater
February s.. Very handsomely engraved in
vitations are now being issued for it.
Rev. Edward M. Poteat, of Baltimore, oc-
pied the pulpit of the Calvary Baptist church
at both services yesterday. Mr.. Poteat is a
most talented young man. He preached tive
sermons of the soundest logic.
Yesterday afternoon and evening the Con-
cordia society of Bridgeport gave benefit
concert to Prof. Emile Peters, who is also
musical director of the Arion association of
this city. About a hundred members of the
Arions attended the affair.
At the State convention of the Prohibition
party to be held in the Atheneum Wednes-
day afternoon next delegates will be chosen
to the national prohibition convention which
meets in June next at Indianapolis. Tonight
public meeting of the party takes place at
102 Orange street.
A meeting of the Young Republican league
of this State will be held at the New Haven
clubs rooms next Thursday evening, at
which del@pates will be choaen to the coming
national convention of Y. NJ. R. clubs to be
held in New York and the resignation of Mr..
Wade II. Thompson, the efficient secretary
of the league, will be acted upon.
At regular meeting of Safety Temple OF
Honor and Temperance a resolution was
of Dwight Place church, for the recent tenn
perance meeting at his church, for the sta
tistics of intemperance, crime and pauperism
there presented by him and the awakened
interest which attended the whole occasion
Mrs. Sarah B. Crockett died at the resi-
dence Of her son, Mr.. Charles w. Crockett,
on Orange street above Lawrence, Friday
evening at about 10 o'clock. She had en-
joyed good health until about year ago,
when symptoms of Bright's disease APP
peared, from which disease she died. She
was q very estimable lady, esteemed in all
the relations of life. She leaves a son, Mr..
Crockett, secretary and treasurer of the New
Haven Concrete company, and daughter
who resided with her. Deceased was the
widow of John Crockett and a daughter of
the late Nathan Baldwin of this city